Alex Johnson
Highlights from Daniel Crouch Rare Books selection of beautifully engraved 18th century maps that chart the design and purpose of some of London’
The Kentuckian in New-York by William Alexander Caruthers is this week's Rare Book of the Week, a rare early representation of enslaved Muslims in America offered by
UNESCO has added 74 new documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, covering topics such as the scientific revolution, women's contribution to history, and major milestone
This week's Rare Book of the Week comes up for auction at Christie’s in its spring sale of Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds on May 1, an extremely rare
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.
A campaign to keep the Lake District home of William Wordsworth open to the public rather than being privately
Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese has reveal
An important archive of Alan Turing's unpublished Second World War papers has
Reseachers examining volumes held by European monasteries have revealed that rather than deer or boar skin, sealskin was used in their construction. The findings have been laid out in Hiding in plain…
Highlights of the autographs portion of the April 10 Autographs & Subculture auction at Swann Galleries include:
